Bullitt, Dorothy Stimson, 1892-1989

Dorothy Stimson Bullitt was a Seattle broadcasting executive and civic leader, 1892-1989. She grew up in Seattle and in 1918 married attorney A. Scott Bullitt. After her husband's death, Dorothy Bullitt managed Stimson family real estate interests and in 1946 acquired a Seattle radio station, which she expanded into a regional radio and television network, the KING Broadcasting Company. Mrs. Bullitt and later her son, Stimson Bullitt, Ancil Payne, and Dorothy Bullitt's daughter, Priscilla "Patsy" Collins, were executives in the company and its board of directors until it was sold in 1992.

From the description of Dorothy Stimson Bullitt papers, 1933-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 53012550

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